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The emergence of capitalism in early America / Christopher W. Calvo.

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"Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehensive history of the nation's economic thought from 1790 to 1860, tracing the development of a uniquely American understandin...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Calvo, Christopher W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Subjects:
Capitalism > United States > History.
United States > Economic conditions > History.
United States > Social conditions > History.
Capitalism
Economic history
Social conditions
United States
History
Table of Contents:
  • Capitalism and Antebellum Economic Thought
  • Laissez-faire in the American Tradition
  • Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America
  • The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries
  • An American Political Economy
  • Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man
  • Liberalism, Republicanism, and Finance
  • Conclusion: The Old and the New in American Economics

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